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this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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Y2K.
I survived idiocy of managers asking for Y2K compliant padlocks. As in, physical padlocks.
NOT!
Not a word, but the phrase "going online". As in not being constantly connected at all times. We had to actually "get" online to look at stuff.
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Pogs
Napster
Baud. Maybe kilobauds.. That and "da bomb" are very memorable to me from then...
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Kkrrrsshhhbiiieieiekkkkrrrrriieiekkkrrsshshshbriiieie
And then someone picked up the phone and you had to start all over again
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Be kind, REWIND.
BRRRRphhhhttttttbrrrrrraaaaaapppppingtingtingBOINGBaTingBatingtingphhhhhhhhttttt.....
The sounds of the internet, volume one.
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Tubthumping
Clear craze.
As in technology. Translucent gadgets were all the rage. Not quite one word, I was going to go with translucent, but found it actually had a name.
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Slime/goop
The 90s had an obsession with slime/goop. Toys, mascots, etc.
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Macarena
Phat
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